Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax: The timeline

Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax: The timeline

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(CNN) — In four short months, Manti Te’o has ridden an emotional roller coaster that took its first deep dive with the death of his grandmother followed hours later by the ostensible passing of a girlfriend, who seems never to have existed.

It peaked with him finishing as runner-up for the Heisman Trophy then hit a new low with the revelation that the girlfriend was an apparent “catfish,” an Internet hoax. Te’o’s story broke, making his embarrassment complete.